EC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER PROGRAMS

Friday, July 15, 2016

July 11, 2016

Today we had a packed day in Rhodes. We had our first scavenger hunt in Rhodes with new teams which was a really fun bonding experience. Our team was the underdog but we somehow managed to win the scavenger hunt which was a really nice bonus. After we were all sweaty and tired from running we had to compose ourselves to go to the art gallery opening we were invited to. It was a beautiful night and the location for the gallery was perfect. The pieces were also very interesting and beautiful. I'll try to load some of the pictures from the gallery because words truly don't do it justice.

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EC Eastern Security Studies Program

In the summer of 2011, as the "Arab Spring" was unfolding and the "Eurozone Crisis" was entering its second year, the Emmanuel College Eastern Mediterranean Security Studies Program was established in Crete, as a way to make the location the classroom. Beyond the grand theoretical, historical and political understanding that can be achieved through reading and classroom discussion and exchange, a more immediate, intimate and truer appreciation of the complexities can only achieved by experiencing the cultures, languages of personal interaction.

Since 2012 students have been able to combine an intensive curricular study, with the experience of immersion and living in a local setting. The geopolitical and geoeconomic forces that have acted in the region for centuries, can be identified in the classroom, but they can only be understood by being there. This year's EC EMSS Program will add a fourth week of study, experience and exploration and will also travel to the islands of Rhodes, and Cyprus. In Rhodes we will be partnering with the Prefecture of Southern Aegean and the Aegean University, while in Cyprus we will be hosted by the University of Nicosia.